Breathe in, breathe out: How respiration shapes remembering

First and foremost, we breathe in order to absorb oxygen—but this vital rhythm could also have other functions. Over the past ...
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Adsorption of surfactant protein D from human respiratory secretions by carbon nanotubes and polystyrene nanoparticles depends on nanomaterial surface modification and size

The alveolar respiratory unit constitutes one of the main targets of inhaled nanoparticles; the effect of engineered nanomaterials (NMs) on human health is largely unknown. Surfactant protein D (SP-D) ...
The New York Times

Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming

Dr. Bright is a virologist and the former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was ...